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Tag Archives: zen
Holes
My dad’s brain is full of holes. Especially, perhaps, his brain sections that have to do with memory and language. So, mostly left-brain functions. But as Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor expresses in her book and TED Talk, the left brain … Continue reading
28 Days Later
SNAP! SNAP! It’s the Housemaster, standing, looking out the window, and points to a spot down the hill below the monastery. A fox, its bright orange and red fur stark against the white snow still on the ground, was happily … Continue reading
Posted in Don't Know, Love, Philosophy
Tagged life, not knowing, practice, waking up, zen
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On Love
from the American Heritage Dictionary: love (lŭv) n. 1. A strong feeling of affection or concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship. “God is love; and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and … Continue reading
Posted in God, Love
Tagged affection, declaration, ephesians, friendship, god, intellectual independence, love, thomas jefferson, zen
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10,000 Hours, or why Bodhidharma went to China
If you really want to master something in this life, I’ve heard, you must practice it in earnest for at least 10,000 hours cumulatively. That means, if you were to meditate straight through for 10,000 hours without sleeping, you would … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Philosophy
Tagged 10000 hours, bodhidharma, don't know, great action, math, mathematics, meditation, practice, training, zen
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No Goals, No Tomorrow
I take back what I said last post about New Year’s resolutions (which you can read here). Why? Because of this post from Zenhabits.net called “How to Have the Bet Year of Your Life (Without Setting a Single Goal)”. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Don't Know, Self Improvement
Tagged don't know, goals, life, not knowing, plans, resolutions, zen
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And God so loved the world…
I don’t understand how I can’t live a life of simple devotion to helping others without any kind of belief in God. I just had a long, circular conversation with a self-styled, born-again, accept-Jesus-Christ-as-your-personal-Lord-and-Savior-or-you-don’t-go-to-heaven type Christian man, from which I … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, delusion, god, jesus, life, waking up, zen
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Together Action
About a week and a half ago I moved into the Cambridge Zen Center, a residential Zen buddhist temple just south of Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the exception of a couple of mornings in which I slept through … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, cambridge, kwan um, life, meditation, practice, together action, zen
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